Parliament, Thursday, 26 May 2022 – The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, together with the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour will from tomorrow conduct oversight visits to Mpumalanga Province to assess the working and living conditions in farming communities.
The delegation will interact with farm workers, farm dwellers and labour tenants across the province’s three districts (Ehlanzeni, Nkangala and Gert Sibande) as well as meet with farm owners and organised farmers.
Details of the oversight are as follows:
Date: 27 May (Friday)
Time: 08H30
Activity: Oversight visits to Umbhaba and Mkhukhu farms in the Nkomazi area.
Time: 12H00
Activity: meeting with farm owners, organised agriculture, government departments and labour unions
Venue: RCL Foods, Malelane
Date: 28 May (Saturday)
Time: 09H00
Activity: Interaction with farm dwellers at Paardeplaats and Zoekop
Venue: Belfast (Nkangala)
Date: 29 May (Sunday)
Time: 10H00
Activity: Meeting with farm dwellers and labour tenants
Venue: Endomba Community Hall, Piet Ritief (Gert Sibande District)
Time: 13H00: meeting with farm workers at Mkhondo Community Hall (Piet Ritief)
ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES.
For media enquiries or interviews with the leader of the delegation, please contact:
Name: Sakhile Mokoena
Parliamentary Communication Services
Cell: 081 705 2130
E-mail: smokoena@parliament.gov.za
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